Idol or Idols may refer to:

Religion and philosophy

  • Cult image, a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents
  • Murti, a Hindu devotional image of a deity or saint used during puja and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing devotion or reverence
  • Idol (philosophy), a philosophical concept developed by Francis Bacon

Arts and entertainment

  • Teen idol, a celebrity with a large teenage fan base, such as:
  • Chinese idol
  • Japanese idol
  • Alternative idol
  • AV idol
  • Gravure idol
  • Junior idol
  • Net idol
  • Korean idol
  • Taiwanese idol
  • Matinée idol, a term used mainly to describe film or theatre stars who are adored to the point of adulation by their fans

Film and television

  • Idol (film), a 2019 South Korean film
  • Idol (franchise), a British television franchise
  • American Idol
  • American Juniors
  • Arab Idol
  • Asian Idol
  • Australian Idol
  • Bangladeshi Idol
  • Cambodian Idol
  • Canadian Idol
  • Chinese Idol
  • Deutschland sucht den Superstar
  • DSDS Kids
  • Eesti otsib superstaari
  • Geostar
  • Greek Idol
  • Hay Superstar
  • Hrvatski Idol
  • Idol (Norwegian TV series)
  • Idol (Polish TV series)
  • Idol (Serbian-Montenegrin and Macedonian TV series)
  • Idol (Swedish TV series)
  • Idol Philippines
  • Idol Puerto Rico
  • Idol Kids Puerto Rico
  • Idol stjörnuleit
  • Ídolos (Brazilian TV series)
  • Ídolos (Portuguese TV series)
  • Idols (Danish TV series)
  • Idols (Dutch TV series)
  • Idols (East African TV series)
  • Idols (Finnish TV series)
  • Idols (West African TV series)
  • Idols South Africa
  • Idool (TV series)
  • Indian Idol
  • Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)
  • Indian Idol Junior
  • Indian Idol Marathi
  • Telugu Indian Idol
  • Indonesian Idol
  • Indonesian Idol Junior
  • Kurd Idol
  • Latin American Idol
  • Macedonian Idol
  • Malaysian Idol
  • Maldivian Idol
  • Music Idol
  • Myanmar Idol
  • Nepal Idol
  • New Zealand Idol
  • Nigerian Idol
  • Nouvelle Star
  • Pakistan Idol
  • People's Artist (TV series)
  • Pop Idol
  • Philippine Idol
  • Pinoy Idol
  • Singapore Idol
  • Star Search Croatia
  • Super Idol (Greek TV series)
  • SuperStar (Arabic TV series)
  • SuperStar (Czech and Slovak TV series)
  • SuperStar KZ
  • SuperStar România
  • Türkstar
  • Vietnam Idol
  • World Idol
  • 1DOL, a Philippine television series
  • Idols (1943 film), a Spanish film
  • Idols (2026 film), an upcoming sports action drama film
  • "Idol", an episode of the television series Power Rangers S.P.D.

Music

  • Idol Records, an American record label
  • "Idol" (Amanda Ghost song), 2000
  • "Idol" (BTS song), 2018
  • "Idol" (Yoasobi song), 2023
  • "I.D.O.L.", by NCT JNJM from Both Sides, 2026
  • Idols (album), 2025 album by Yungblud

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • The Idols, a professional wrestling tag team that wrestled for NWA All-Star Wrestling

People

  • Idol (surname)
  • Lodi (wrestler), also known as Idol, American professional wrestler Bradley Cain (born 1970)
  • Raffy Tulfo (born 1960), also known as "Idol", Filipino politician and broadcast journalist

Other uses

  • Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL), an American government agency
  • MYLIP, also known as Inducible Degrader of the LDL receptor (IDOL), a human protein-coding gene
  • Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), an HP Autonomy product

See also

  • Golden idol (disambiguation)
  • Ideal (disambiguation)
  • Idle (disambiguation)
  • Idyl (disambiguation)
  • The Idol (disambiguation)
  • Idolatry, the worship of idols
  • Idolization, fixation on a celebrity
  • Idoli, a Serbian new wave band
  • Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo, a Japanese original video animation